FINAL BILL REPORT

                 EHB 2057

                         C 305 L 95

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Changing judicial retirement eligibility.

Sponsors:  Representatives Appelwick and Foreman.

House Committee on Appropriations

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background:  State judges in the judicial retirement system (JRS) qualify for service retirement by completing 15 years of service or by reaching age 75.  A partial service retirement is granted if the member involuntarily leaves service at any time after serving 12 years.

JRS members contribute 7.5 percent of their salary to the system, and there are no provisions for withdrawing these contributions.

Summary:  A member of the judicial retirement system with 12 years of service who is appointed to a federal judgeship or to the position of federal magistrate may qualify to receive a partial retirement allowance upon reaching age 60, and 15 years after becoming a JRS member.  This bill applies retroactively to October 1, 1994.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     82 14

Senate    45 1

House         (House refused to concur)

Senate    47 0 (Senate receded)

Effective:  July 23, 1995